Annabelle, who responds quite often to this blog, suggests that in view of the day jobs some professional cricketers now have, I might hand out some work to the present mob in Proteas colours.
Good idea, so here goes…
Graeme Smith: Seeing he is left-handed he could be a taxi driver. It helps with collecting the fares.
Jacques Kallis: Judging from the Sanex commercial, he has no future in the screen trade. Judging by his demeanour, what better job than to return to Wynberg Boys High as a maths teacher.
AB de Villiers: He could join the Six And Out band with Brett Lee. They could perform a guitar duet.
Mark Boucher: Put a hat on him, and he is the guy in the Farmer Brown ad. So farmer it is, then. I can picture him leaning on the farm gate, which will carry a big sign: TRESPASSERS WILL BE SHOT.
Herschelle Gibbs (I know he’s not in the squad, but he’s too good to miss): Barman at the Locomotive Hotel in Salt River. Or propping up the bar there.
Dale Steyn: He’s keen on fishing, so put him in charge of a Hout Bay trawler. He’s always wanted to live in the Cape anyway.
JP Duminy: With footwork like that, a dancer.
Makhaya Ntini: He can go back to his roots and become a farmer (next door to Boucher) and run cattle.
Johan Botha: with an unchanging visage, and a hand that can bowl a doosra: Professional poker player.
Roelof van der Merwe: he’s good the build, he’s got the attitude… traffic cop. An angry one at that.
Paul Harris: personal trainer.

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